William the Lion, king of Scots, i. 255, 259; ii. 134
William Longsword, duke of Normandy, i. 155
William, son of Robert of Normandy, i. 203, 208, 213, 214
Williams, Bishop of Lincoln, v. 255, 353, 371
Wiltshire, Thomas Boleyn, Earl of, iii. 291. _See_ Boleyn
Wiltshire, William Scrope, Earl of, iii. 18
Winchelsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, opposes Edward I., ii. 163, 165, 170; head of the "Ordainers," 188
Winchester surrendered to William the Conqueror, i. 165; welcomes Stephen, 215; battle at, 220; pillaged by the younger Simon de Montfort, ii. 82; marriage of Philip and Mary at, iv. 86; Ælfred's abbey at, i. 113; Wykeham's college at, ii. 307; the royal hoard at, 180, 188; Parliament at, ii. 66, 80, 82
Winchester, William Paulet, first marquis of, iv. 65
Winchester, John Paulet, fifth marquis of, vi. 42
Winchester, Charles Paulet, sixth marquis of, vii. 37
Windsor Castle seized by John, i. 261; surrendered by Edward to the barons, ii. 67; rebuilt by Edward III., 252
Witchcraft, belief in, v. 105; statute against, 105, 106; Puritan action against, 106, 107
Wolsey, Thomas, his rise, iii. 230; policy, 231; greatness, 236; his industry, 237; legate, 238; negotiations with Francis and Charles, 240, 243; hopes of the Papacy, 240, 241, 249; revives benevolences, 244, 251; demands a forced loan, 244; struggle with the Commons, 245; with the clergy, 246; his power shaken, 253; attitude towards Lutheranism, 261, 263; founds Cardinal College, 202, 263; action in the king's divorce, 269, 270; embassy to France, 271; negotiations with the Pope, _ib._, 272; his unpopularity, 273; commissioner for the divorce, 272; his fall, 279, 280; suppresses monasteries, 311; arrested, 292; death, 293; Cavendish's _Life of_, 83
Woodstock, Thomas of, ii. 293. _See_ Gloucester
Woodville, Elizabeth, wife of Edward IV., iii. 124, 167, 168, 171, 176
Woodville, Sir Richard, iii. 124. _See_ Rivers
Wool, grants of, by Parliament to the king, ii. 230; taxation of, 107, 164, 298; trade in, under Edward I., 107; under Edward III., 226; monopolized by him, 229; in the eighteenth century, viii. 53
Worcester, rising at, under Harthacnut, i. 148; threatened by Owen Glyndwr, iii. 18
Worcester, Thomas Percy, earl of, iii. 13, 14